Falcon 9 re-entry retro-propulsion/pre-landing burns in IR (NASA video)

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Falcon 9 re-entry retro-propulsion/pre-landing burns in IR (NASA video)

17 October 2014, 13:53

Research done by SpaceX for their reusable rocket program, which applies to both SpaceX and NASA's plans to land on Mars propulsively (with rockets) instead of using parachutes, 'as God and Robert A. Heinlein intended' (space industry saying). Dragon CRS-4 launch.

Commercial Rocket Test Helps Prep for Journey to Mars:

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